Making Amazon my #9 pick in my Special Report 10 Best Picks for the Rest of 2019
Amazon (AMZN) reports earnings for the second quarter after the close of trading in New York on July 25. The results from Amazon's Prime Day(s) on July 15 and 16 are a reminder of why we want to own this stock in the second half of any year that has a Christmas in it....
FANG techs (plus more) fall on news of investigations
Both Congress and government regulators are taking aim at big tech. The House Judiciary Committee is planning an investigation into whether digital platform companies are using their market power to harm competition. The Federal Trade Commission is taking the lead in...
Amazon signals slowdown ahead; Wall Street doesn’t believe it
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Saturday Night Quarterback says, For the week ahead expect…
In the week ahead earnings reports will test theories about growth in specific sectors and the economy as a whole. For example, on Tuesday, April 23, we’ll get tests of the “consumer economy” with reports from Coca-Cola (KO), Procter & Gamble (PG) and Verizon (VZ). Coke is projected to show a drop of a penny to 46 cents a share from 47 cents in the year-earlier quarter. P&G is projected to pick up 4 cents a share from the first quarter of 2018 to $1.04 and Verizon is expected to see earnings move up to $1.16 a share from $1.11. Those all set, in my opinion, hurdles that are relatively easy to jump. But the growth is already so modest that any miss could throw these big consumer stocks into a year over year earnings downturn. Which would be a bad way to start the week.Â
Amazon earnings results mean hotter war with Google and Facebook in digital ad space
Nothing wrong with 20% year over year revenue growth--unless, of course, you're Amazon (AMZN). On Thursday, January 31, the company reported that revenue growth in the fourth quarter--the strongest retail quarter of the year--had at 20% come in at the high end of...
Special Report: 10 Best Buy Stocks for after the bear (or for now if you think the bear is over.)
Is the bear market over? And if it is, what stocks should you target as "best buys." The first is a really, really tough question to answer now. News of new efforts to stimulate economic growth in China helped push the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index over...
Completely and newly revised for the bear: Special Report How to Protect Your Portfolio Without Selling Your Portfolio
This Special Report was revised--extensively- on December 21. When I posted the first version of this Special Report back in November, the bear market was just a possibility--although a highly likely possibility--and my best projection on how the market would develop...
Amazon falls after hours on disappointing guidance
Share of Amazon (AMZN) climbed 7.09%, 117.97 points, in the regular session today on hopes for a good earnings report after the market close. The company delivered an earnings beat for the current quarter, reporting earnings of $5.75 a share, $2.66 better than the...
I’m selling my Amazon November 23 Puts today
When I bought the November 23 Puts (AMZN181123P01852500) with a strike price of $1852.50 on Amazon on Monday, October 22, I wasn't looking for a severe multiday sell off in the stock market that focused yesterday, October 24, at least, on growth stocks. Instead I was...
This correction has scrambled my plans for the Amazon Puts I added to my Volatility Portfolio on Monday: Here’s what I’m thinking of doing tomorrow
When I bought the November 23 Puts (AMZN181123P01852500) with a strike price of $1852.50 on Amazon I wasn't looking for a severe multiday sell off in the stock market that focused, for today, October 24, at least, on growth stocks. Instead I was looking for a more...
For another week when anticipated volatility is running high, here are three volatility plays
The financial markets are expecting another week of volatility almost as severe as last week. The futures market entered last week expecting a move of something like 70 points on the Standard & Poor's 500, according to calculations by Theo Trade. We got almost...Jim’s Stock Alerts
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